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Evolving
by John Toscano
Created on: April 12, 2008 Last Updated: August 23, 2008
The question is not so much one of whether humans are still evolving, but we should rather be asking
by Gerhard Adam
Created on: June 01, 2008
In discussing this question I have elected to use the following definition of "devolve" which is to
by Jonte Rhodes
Created on: October 26, 2007 Last Updated: June 09, 2009
Many people seem to believe in the idea that the human race has stopped evolving, and that to some degree
Created on: October 16, 2009
It is so tempting to look at the physical, physiological, and social changes in humans over, say, a
Created on: September 11, 2007
Make no mistake that all things evolve. Whether or not they manage to hang onto their cognitive skills
by Gareth Jones
Created on: January 09, 2008
To answer or even ask the question "Is the human race evolving or devolving?" one must create the illusion
Created on: May 02, 2010 Last Updated: May 08, 2010
We are asked to determine whether the race of humans, the modern species of human beings, Homo sapiens,
by Flairtulip
Created on: September 07, 2009 Last Updated: September 09, 2009
Evolution, defined as unfolding, change, progression, metamorphosis <www.dictionary.com>, is
Created on: November 22, 2009 Last Updated: November 23, 2009
If our race had not evolved beyond the first bipedal, cave and tree dwelling beings, we would have become
Created on: October 09, 2007
To ask if homo sapiens is evolving or "devolving" betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of evolution.
The
by Rulid
Created on: December 14, 2007
The anxiety drenched in the question of whether mankind is evolving or devolving is based on a misconception
Created on: April 25, 2009
We have been through so much. We set records, changed everything. We discovered many pieces that make
Created on: September 06, 2007
From the birth of Life until now, Lifeforms on Earth have been evolving slowly. Different slight variations
Created on: April 14, 2008
On a strict biological standpoint, we, as a species, are evolving tremendously. That is not to say that
by Jim Mcfalls
Created on: April 01, 2008
To echo one of my previous articles...Evolution is always happening. There is no such thing as "devolution."
by John Cowley
Created on: August 22, 2008 Last Updated: August 23, 2008
Although there are no large scale studies to support the idea that the human race is continuing to evolve,
Created on: May 04, 2008
We've come a long way. Mankind has endured since we first learned to communicate, and with communication
by Rhonda Coyle
Created on: December 14, 2007
Several months back I had a debate with an atheist on what we tend to categorize as "supernatural" as
by T J Neale
Created on: February 04, 2008
Evolution is about change. It has no direction, goal or yardstick. Therefore, in purely biological terms
Created on: January 12, 2008
The Human Race Is Always Evolving
The human race is always evolving and always will be, even though it
Devolving
by Gwen Reed
Created on: February 04, 2011 Last Updated: February 05, 2011
This is a figurative idea, as evolution does not go backwards. To evolve is to change and the
by Todd Pheifer
Created on: April 11, 2008
This question is biological, but it is also spiritual and philosophical. In order to answer it, we would
by Zaq Wilk
Created on: February 10, 2010 Last Updated: February 12, 2010
The human race has been the exception to the laws of nature. We as a species have almost completely
Created on: October 09, 2007
forty years ago, our parents, could go off to the shops and leave, their back doors unlocked, people
Created on: March 05, 2008 Last Updated: February 23, 2009
The human race is devolving, even if the majority of the population would like to think that we are
by Tom Brend
Created on: November 13, 2009
If we look into nature, there are plenty of hints for "general" evolution, not devolution. In fact,
by Peter Stern
Created on: March 17, 2011
A World in Chaos
The signs are all over...
I have to say that I am very concerned
by Sherry Rindt
Created on: October 23, 2007
One needs only to note how television programming has changed in the last 50 years to realize that we
by Jay O'Toole
Created on: January 22, 2011
Devolution is more consistent with life as it actually exists today, since devolution and the Second
by Minute Major
Created on: June 14, 2010 Last Updated: June 23, 2010
The human is perhaps one of the most complex organisms on the earth. Our minds seem to behave separate
by Ryan Thomas
Created on: September 19, 2008
Speaking strictly in the context of evolutionary biology, humans appear to be devolving. From hereditary
by Carol Noble
Created on: September 06, 2007
Everyone wants to believe the human race is evolving. It makes us all feel we are better than those
Created on: April 21, 2009
To evolve means to develop and achieve gradually. To devolve means to pass on, delegate or transfer
Created on: September 06, 2007
In the old days, people used to do things for themselves. If they needed a new spear point they would
Created on: September 19, 2008 Last Updated: December 14, 2009
An interesting debate.
There is no doubt that the human race has progressed at near light speed over
by Monica Joy
Created on: October 07, 2007 Last Updated: December 14, 2007
I'm worried about the future of the human race.
Last night, my husband and I watched the movie Idiocracy,
Created on: May 03, 2008
Based on the sheer numbers of humans being borne each day it is clear that we are devolving as a race
Created on: November 30, 2007
Is the human race evolving or devolving?
The question "is the human race evolving or devolving?" can
Created on: August 02, 2008
Are we evolving or devolving?
Both answers are partially correct.
We are evolving in general science and
by G E Barr
Created on: June 25, 2008
In terms of what we have produced, technologically, we have evolved leaps and bounds in just the last